San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-06-30
MAKE 1T HISTORIC.
The Glorious Fourth 10 be Red Letter
Day for the ProhIbs.
let Epery Proh5itioai.t. Man, Woman
and ChiH, Sad in Their CoatTi-
buttons on that Day.


let Euery Prohi5iiioai.t. Man, Woman
and Gnu, Sad in Their Coutri-
buttons on that Day.
Fellow Citizens of Texas;
As the Executive Committee OF the
State Prohibition Convention, held in
this city last May, We find it neces'
sary to call upon you by public ap'
peal for money to carry on the Pro-
hibition campaign, Money is needed,
not, for as some seem to suppose, the
payment of fat salaries. The men,
bers OF this committee give their SER
vices free of charge, as do also n very
large number OF occasional workers
in all parts of the state; the conscious
ness of duty performed being their
only reward. But though invaluable,
indispensable, in fact, for local or
county purposes, this class is unavail
able for other purposes, and it is
found necessary to keep, in addition
thereto, q large number of speakers
and workers constantly in the field
and subject to orders from this office,
and this, of course, involves very
heavy expense. The press, many
voiced and trumpet. tongued, must
needs be used to the utmost in the
refutation of error and the dissent
nation of truth in it's relation TO the
various phases of this great question.
With the masses of our people, not
in some way interested in the liquor
traffic, ignorance and prejudice, it is
believed, are the greatest barriers to
the SUCCESS of our cause. For VAN
gushing these and kindred elements
of opposition, what so potent as the
press-that mighty engine OF moral
and intellectual power? For mental
starvation. what so good MS the pure
and generous fruit of the press? The
press of Texas, though in the main
true to it's mission and nobly respon-
sive at whatever cost, to the best in
terests of society, rs involved in this
contest, has need to be supplement-
ed largely in its 'labors of love" and
this too, at an expense exceeded only
BIZ the necessities of the situation.
In brief, and without further detail,
the Committee estimates that to make
the campaign in n manner reasonably
commensurate with apparent require
ments, and with the great interests
involved there should be placed in
bank, subject to their order for cam
paign purposes, not less certainly,
than $4,000, and they, with conf
dence, ask the people of Texas to
furnish them with that amount. OF
the money SO far expended on the
State campaign, ii is due to say that
more than oaa- half has been contrib
uted by the city of Waco alone; but
though through this singular munifi-
cence we have been enabled to begin
the work and fairly keep things NOV
ing, SO far with most encouraging re-
suits, VIC dare not longer rely, even
partially, upon so limited a source of
supply. Fellow citizens of Texas,
upon you, in your capacity as citizens
and fathers, ne patriots and philan-
thropists, it is that in this emergency
we rely. To you individually aud
collectively, it is that we, with conf
dence, make this appeal for the mon
ey required to Danish that accursed
traffic which now casts shadow
atbwart every home in all our fair
land. And shall we plead in vain?
The lines of the contest are now
clearly drawn. The opposition led
by men pre-eminent for ability, is
backed financially by the saloon and
other liquor interests. vast and varied
in their connections as they are of
our own State; and VIGOROUSLY also
by the breweries, distilleries and
wholesale sellers of liquors in cities
and States remote from the scene Of
conflict and interest in Texas only in
so far as they hope through perpet-
uatiOn and further extension of their
nefarious business to enrich them
selves, and that by unduly dominat-
ing over civic and social regulations
and ut the expense of our every in
terest, social, moral and material,
both as a people and State. What
greater indignty, we would ask,
could be offered to either the intelli-
gence or the manhood of our people
and State2 Indeed what greater dan
ger is possible to civil liberty itself,
than the domination of our public
policies and social regulations threat
ened by the characters to which we
have here referred? 10 compass
their object, diabolical rs it is, the
opposition will, it is believed, expend
not less certainly than five hundred
thousand dollars; fully ten times as
much as it is estimated will, through
judicious management, be required
TO defeat their evil Vaccinations,
Danish the liquor traffic and with it
the saloons. and thus introduce an
era unprecedented for honest thrift
and snhricIy. with ensuing pence and